Garland Globe | 1908-05-16 | Page 2 | Bids Comrades Farewell

BIDS COMRADES FAREWELL. Characteristic Speech by Fighting Bob Evans at Banquet. Snn Francisco. Rear Admiral Evans bade n personnl farowell to tho officers of his command at tho banquet ban-quet given Friday night In honor of tho visit of the Atlantic fleet by tho city of San Francisco. Ho wns wheeled Into tho room nnd In a characteristic char-acteristic fifteen minutes' nddrcss declared de-clared that what Is needed to prescrvo tho peaco of tho world Is moro battleships battle-ships and fewer statesmen. As to armor ar-mor belts, tho admiral declared It mado no dlfforonco whethor they woro nt tho water lino or whether they wero mado of leather, wood or egg shells. "It Is tho men who enn shoot the strnlghtest and stand punishment tho longest who win battles," ho declared, "and It Is of such stuff thnt tho Am-orlcan Am-orlcan navy is made." Admiral Evans was cheered tlmo and tlmo again.